State v. Burlison

Appellants and one Thomas Darmody were jointly indicted for and appellants were convicted of the crime of rape. Darmody escaped. The jury assessed their punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for terms of twenty years each and they have appealed to this court from the judgment entered on such verdict.

The alleged rape was perpetrated upon one Ruby Gray, a female child slightly under thirteen years of age at the time. It occurred in the city of St. Louis on May 7, 1924. We will endeavor to state the facts without going into revolting details.

From photographs accompanying the transcript,…